Southern Cross Gold drills 7.9 m @ 19.9 g/t AuEq at Upper Golden Dyke

Vancouver, British Columbia and Melbourne, Australia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 6, 2026) - Southern Cross Gold Consolidated Ltd  (TSX: SXGC) (ASX: SX2) (OTCQX: SXGCF) (FSE: MV3) ("SXGC", "SX2" or the "Company") announces results from six drill holes targeting the upper portion of the Golden Dyke prospect at the 100%-owned Sunday Creek Gold-Antimony Project in Victoria (Figures 1 to 5). All holes were drilled within the highest-density drilled zone of the project, directly above the planned exploration decline base. Results confirm that antimony-rich areas in the upper parts of The Sunday Creek epizonal system, consistent with the well-established geological zonation of epizonal gold-antimony deposits worldwide.

Best results included 7.9 m @ 19.9 g/t AuEq (2.8 g/t Au, 7.1% Sb) from 363.1 m in drill hole SDDSC233. The true thickness of the mineralized intervals is interpreted to be approximately 75% to 85% of the sampled thickness for all reported holes. Four High Level Takeaways:  Continued High-Grade Growth in Upper Golden Dyke: Best result 7.9 m @ 19.9 g/t AuEq (2.8 g/t Au, 7.1% Sb) from 363.1 m in SDDSC233, including 3.7 m @ 37.5 g/t AuEq (3.5 g/t Au, 14.2% Sb) from 367.3 m, with three individual assays exceeding 50 g/t Au and seven individual Sb assays exceeding 20% Sb across the six holes reported.  System Continues to Grow: Four new vein sets identified across three holes, with SDDSC224 extending the GD35 vein set 170 m up-dip from SDDSC208, and SDDSC228 intersecting eight vein sets including two previously unrecognised structures outside the current model.  Infill Drilling Confirms a Predictable System: All drillholes in this release were drilled as infill holes between existing intercepts and delivered multiple high-grade zones exactly where expected.

This consistency gives confidence that Golden Dyke's gra